“Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.”

Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.

If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.

If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.

No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.

Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.

The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.

The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.

He is rich enough who does not want bread.

It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.

It’s better not to know so much about what things mean or how they might be interpreted or you’ll be too afraid to let things keep happening.

Don’t be afraid mama, the line between your baby and his is very thin, one might even say it doesn’t exist.

You can’t get it all done yourself. The best leaders are not afraid of picking people who are better than they are and who may one day replace them.

If you are afraid of darkness, you are afraid of your own soul.

I’ve been afraid to look at the woman in the mirror. Everyday she looks less and less like me. It makes me wonder if I’ll ever find my way back home.

I hide behind olive branches. So afraid of others knowing what lay beneath the broken rifle. The reality hitting the pavement like bullets that stem from war.

The Republicans galvanize their base by inciting a lot of fear; they operate on a lot of mythmaking. So we have to have something compelling. We shouldn’t be afraid to be bold.

All those questions that I was too afraid to ask? In the end I lay down cold welcoming the answers to tear me in half.